Annotation:Sally will You Marry Me? (1)

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SALLY, WILL YOU MARRY ME [1]. AKA – “Sal, Won't You Marry Me.” Old-Time, Breakdown. USA, West Virginia. G Major. Standard tuning (fiddle). AABB. Most versions of the tune are sourced to Braxton County, West Virginia, fiddler Melvin Wine [1] (1909-2003).

"Sandy River Belle" is a related melody. West Virginia/East Kentucky fiddler Ed Haley's "Sally will You Marry Me (2)" is a different tune.

Additional notes

Source for notated version: - Pete Sutherland (Vt.) [Phillips].

Printed sources : - Phillips (Traditional American Fiddle Tunes), 1994; p. 213. Silberberg (93 Fiddle Tunes I Didn’t Learn at the Tractor Tavern), 2004; p. 38.

Recorded sources: - Heritage XXXIII, Judy Hyman - "Visits" (1981). Marimac AHS 2, Melvin Wine – “Hannah at the Springhouse” (1989). Carl Baron – “Banjo Stuff.”

See also listing at:
Hear Melvin Wine's recording at Slippery Hill [2]